The purpose of the workshop was to draw upon the developments in the European-funded research projects eFreight and PROPS and to present them to the Maritime & Logistics industry with a particular emphasis on Ireland. The subject areas of the workshop were:

• Achieving Supply Chain Excellence through e-Freight developments;
• Resource Efficient Transport and Distribution Systems;
• Pioneering Transport Solutions for intra-European trades;

The presentations made at the workshop are as follows:

1. ) Port of Cork – Realising its Potential for servicing Irelands Trade – Brendan Keating

2.) e-Freight Capabilities – Mary Vayou

3.) Benefits of Achieving Competitive & Resource Efficient Transport Systems – Gerry Trant

4.) Difficulties & Solutions to accessing Distribution Networks in Europe – John Wheelan

5.) Process Mapping in a Container Terminal as a contributor to Optimal Resource Utilisation – Gerard Degan

6.) Developemnts in e-Freight to achieve major improvements in multi modael transport – Tom Cane

The papers for the workshop are:

1) Single Transport Document – Tom Kane

2) National Single Window – Tom Kane

3) Competitive Resource Efficient Transport – Gerry Trant

The European Commission adopted a roadmap of 40 concrete initiatives for the next decade to build a competitive transport system that will increase mobility, remove major barriers in key areas and fuel growth and employment. At the same time, the proposals will dramatically reduce Europe’s dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050.

By 2050, key goals will include:

• No more conventionally-fuelled cars in cities.
• 40% use of sustainable low carbon fuels in aviation; at least 40% cut in shipping emissions.
• A 50% shift of medium distance intercity passenger and freight journeys from road to rail and waterborne transport.
• All of which will contribute to a 60% cut in transport emissions by the middle of the century.

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Nautical Enterprise shall present 2 research papers at the eFreight 2011 Conference, May 10-11, in Munich.

- Co-operative Unitised Services: A challenge and an opportunity by Gerry Trant (Nautical Enterprise) and Carlos Cascos (Acciona Trasmediterranea)

- Commercial Co-modal Agent System by Gary O’Connor, Gráinne Lynch (Nautical Enterprise) and Sally McClean (University of Ulster at Coleraine)

The eFreight 2011 Conference is co-located with the biggest transport and logistics exhibition of the year – TransportLogistics. Further details about the conference, program, key note speakers and presentations can be found on the eFreight Conference agenda.

You can let your network know that you are attending this event on LinkedIn.

Gráinne will present the unique perspective of Working in a Maritime Transport Consultancy the colloquium’s targeted workshop on Ocean Studies – Avenues for Employment; Creating a Career from Studies of the Sea as part of the Environment Graduate Programme (EGP). The workshops is hosted by the Coastal & Marine Resources Centre (CMRC/ERI) UCC and the Irish Society for Ocean Studies (ISOS) in association with the Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland and takes place on Wed 6th April 2011 in Boole 6 in UCC.

For further details check the ENVIRON 2011 website and the workshop itinerary.

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At Nautical Enterprise we develop software tools to increase the effectiveness of our consultancy and we are seeking 2 Student/Graduate Developers to join the team.

Nautical Enterprise will provide induction for the student or graduate taking up software development related roles within the organisation. We follow an Agile software development methodology and students will be trained and indoctrinated into this process. Tool sets that we employ include Google Web Toolkit, Hibernate, PostGres, Java, Eclipse. We emphasise teamwork, ingenuity and we encourage and foster creative thinking through our work environment.

To happily fit into the Nautical Enterprise culture you will be an independent thinker that loves to discuss ideas and solve problems. You shall have the ability and the interest to work independently and you will be supported to take ownership of your own work. You should be comfortable explaining your ideas, both verbally and on paper. Travel to cities throughout Europe is a necessary part of the interaction with our research colleagues.

The purpose of the workshop was to draw upon the developments in the European-funded research projects SKEMA, PROPS and to a lesser extent e-Freight and to present them to the Maritime & Logistics industry with a particular on Ireland. The subject areas of the workshop were:

• Confirming the links between trade, transport and prosperity;
• Availing of maritime and transport knowledge in the era of social networking;
• Deployment of technologies that facilitate maritime transport & trade;
• Addressing current realities that affect the maritime industry.

The workshop was opened by Ruairi Quinn T.D. who gave an inspirational presentation on the importance of the workshop themes in the prevailing recession; the response was made by Lucy McCaffrey, Chairperson of Dublin Port Company.

You are cordially invited to a SKEMA / PROPS Workshop

Hosted by:

Dublin Port Company, Irish Exporters Association & Nautical Enterprise.

Location: Port Centre, Dublin Port.

Date: Tuesday, 1^st March 2011

Themes of the Workshop

• Transport, Trade, and Prosperity.
• Management of Knowledge in the Era of Social Networking.
• Developments that facilitate Maritime Transport and Trade.
• Current realities in Maritime Transport and Trade.

Chaired by John Whelan, Chief Executive of the Irish Exporters Association.

Speakers include:

Ms. Helen Noble Head of Maritime Law at Matheson Ormsby Prentice.

Mr. Glenn Murphy, Director, Irish Maritime Development Office

and a selection of Irish and International Trade & Transport experts representing both academia and industry.

Who should attend?

No attendance fee. Registration is required.

• Registering / Queries, please contact:
• Dr. Aoife Trant
• Email: aoifetrant@nauticalenterprise.ie
• Phone: +353 21 743 1982

In the first thematic area, with Ignacio Rodríguez Arévalo. Deputy Director of Research, Development and Innovation. Spanish State Ports Agency as chair person, Gráinne Lynch gave presentation entitled “Single Windows considering the port formalities directive” on behalf of Christos Pipitsoulis, Project Officer at the European Commission (DGMOVE/C2).